The troubled actress – who appears naked in a Marilyn Monroe-inspired spread in the men’s magazine’s January and February issue – has chosen the US chat show host above all other media outlets to get the first sneak peek of the shoot.

A representative for Playboy magazine – which reportedly paid the 25-year-old star $1 million for the pictures – said: “Lindsay has agreed to do one media interview during the on-sale period of her issue, and has chosen Ellen. Lindsay will not be doing any additional interviews to promote her pictorial."

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Playboy boss Hugh Hefner recently explained the pictures of Lindsay - who was released from jail yesterday after serving just four-and-a half hours of a 30-day sentence – are a “classic tribute” to Marilyn Monroe.

He said: "It's a classic tribute inspired by the original Tom Kelly nude pictorial of Marilyn Monroe, a portion of which was the original playmate in the very first issue of Playboy. Oh, yes, she's naked. And classy, very classy."